Electoral results for the Division of Balaclava

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Balaclava in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1984.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Sir George Turner	Protectionist	1901–1906
	Agar Wynne	Ind. Protectionist	1906–1909
		Liberal	1909–1914
	William Watt	Liberal	1914–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1922
		Liberal Union	1922–1925
		Nationalist	1925–1929
	Thomas White	Nationalist	1929–1931
		United Australia	1931–1945
		Liberal	1945–1951
	Percy Joske	Liberal	1951–1960
	Ray Whittorn	Liberal	1960–1974
	Ian Macphee	Liberal	1974–1984

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macphee	31,642	50.1	−1.5
	Labor	Chris Kennedy	25,867	41.0	+4.8
	Democrats	Zelma Furey	5,004	7.9	−4.3
	Conservative Nationalist	Timothy Warner	600	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			63,113	98.1
Informal votes			1,218	1.9
Turnout			64,331	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macphee		53.4	−2.7
	Labor	Chris Kennedy		46.6	+2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.7

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macphee	32,729	51.6	+1.0
	Labor	Chris Kennedy	22,933	36.2	+7.2
	Democrats	Zelma Furey	7,743	12.2	−3.2
Total formal votes			63,405	97.8
Informal votes			1,444	2.2
Turnout			64,849	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macphee		56.1	−7.2
	Labor	Chris Kennedy		43.9	+7.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.2

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macphee	33,304	50.6	−7.0
	Labor	Robert Steele	19,065	29.0	−5.1
	Democrats	Zelma Furey	10,129	15.4	+15.4
	Democratic Labor	Peter Lawlor	3,321	5.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			65,819	97.4
Informal votes			1,774	2.6
Turnout			67,593	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macphee		63.3	+0.8
	Labor	Robert Steele		36.7	−0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.8

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macphee	32,581	58.8	+7.4
	Labor	Martin Ryan	18,203	32.9	−8.4
	Australia	John Howe	2,375	4.3	+1.6
	Democratic Labor	Peter Lawlor	2,214	4.0	−0.7
Total formal votes			55,373	98.0
Informal votes			1,122	2.0
Turnout			56,495	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macphee		63.7	+7.0
	Labor	Martin Ryan		36.3	−7.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.0

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Macphee	28,313	51.4	+4.8
	Labor	Irene Dunsmuir	22,755	41.3	−3.2
	Democratic Labor	Peter Lawlor	2,569	4.7	−2.6
	Australia	Michael Muschamp	1,465	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			55,102	97.9
Informal votes			1,186	2.1
Turnout			56,288	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Macphee		56.7	+2.9
	Labor	Irene Dunsmuir		43.3	−2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.9

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn	24,455	46.6	−5.1
	Labor	Irene Dunsmuir	23,365	44.5	+8.0
	Democratic Labor	Ralph James	3,809	7.3	−1.8
	Independent	Leslie Rubinstein	857	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			52,486	97.7
Informal votes			1,234	2.3
Turnout			53,720	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn	28,218	53.8	−7.1
	Labor	Irene Dunsmuir	24,268	46.2	+7.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.1

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn	26,852	51.7	−3.8
	Labor	Irene Dunsmuir	18,949	36.5	+13.3
	Democratic Labor	Ralph James	4,751	9.1	−5.1
	Australia	Steven Soos	1,398	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			51,950	97.1
Informal votes			1,571	2.9
Turnout			53,521	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn		60.9	−8.3
	Labor	Irene Dunsmuir		39.1	+8.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.3

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn	21,131	54.0	−4.8
	Labor	Leo Richards	9,668	24.7	−4.9
	Democratic Labor	Ralph James	5,552	14.2	+3.8
	Liberal Reform Group	Brian McLure	2,762	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			39,113	96.9
Informal votes			1,258	3.1
Turnout			40,371	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn		67.7	−1.1
	Labor	Leo Richards		32.3	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn	23,487	58.8	+6.9
	Labor	Ephraim Briskman	11,802	29.6	−0.5
	Democratic Labor	John Ryan	4,135	10.4	−3.1
	Independent	Edith Jewell	491	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			39,915	98.8
Informal votes			485	1.2
Turnout			43,381	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn		68.8	+3.0
	Labor	Ephraim Briskman		31.2	−3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn	20,517	51.9	−9.2
	Labor	Ernst Platz	11,892	30.1	+4.8
	Democratic Labor	John Ryan	5,333	13.5	+1.5
	Republican	John Murray	1,780	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			39,522	97.8
Informal votes			888	2.2
Turnout			40,410	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn		65.8	−6.9
	Labor	Ernst Platz		34.2	+6.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.9

1960 by-election

Balaclava by-election, 1960^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn	17,859	54.3	−6.8
	Labor	George Smith	9,519	28.9	+3.6
	Democratic Labor	John Ryan	4,672	14.2	+2.2
	Republican	John Murray	865	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			32,915	97.9
Informal votes			694	2.1
Turnout			33,609	79.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Whittorn		66.5	−5.0
	Labor	George Smith		33.5	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.0

This section is an excerpt from 1960 Balaclava by-election § Results.[edit]

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Joske	24,722	61.1	−3.0
	Labor	Norman Rothfield	10,232	25.3	+1.3
	Democratic Labor	Rex Keane	4,852	12.0	+0.2
	Independent	Grace Stratton	626	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			40,432	97.7
Informal votes			965	2.3
Turnout			41,397	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Percy Joske		72.7	−0.8
	Labor	Norman Rothfield		27.3	+0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.8

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Joske	26,087	64.1	+0.7
	Labor	George Smith	9,780	24.0	−12.6
	Labor (A-C)	Rex Keane	4,816	11.8	+11.8
Total formal votes			40,683	97.8
Informal votes			896	2.2
Turnout			41,579	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Percy Joske		73.5	+10.1
	Labor	George Smith		26.5	−10.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.1

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Joske	25,062	65.2	+1.9
	Labor	Leonard Prior	13,365	34.8	−1.9
Total formal votes			38,427	99.1
Informal votes			364	0.9
Turnout			38,791	96.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

1951 by-election

Balaclava by-election, 1951^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Joske	20,337	57.0	−6.3
	Labor	Arthur Lewis	13,279	37.2	+0.5
	Independent	Grace Stratton	2,035	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			35,651	99.2
Informal votes			274	0.8
Turnout			35,925	83.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Percy Joske		59.9	−3.4
	Labor	Arthur Lewis		40.1	+3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.4

This section is an excerpt from 1951 Balaclava by-election § Results.[edit]

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas White	25,578	63.3	−0.6
	Labor	Arthur Lewis	14,845	36.7	+0.6
Total formal votes			40,423	98.7
Informal votes			525	1.3
Turnout			40,948	96.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.6

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas White	26,157	63.9	+4.8
	Labor	Martin Dunne	14,796	36.1	−4.8
Total formal votes			40,953	98.8
Informal votes			512	1.2
Turnout			41,465	96.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.8

1946

1946 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas White	45,137	58.4	+6.8
	Labor	Maurice Ashkanasy	32,087	41.6	+5.3
Total formal votes			77,224	98.3
Informal votes			1,348	1.7
Turnout			78,572	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

1943

1943 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas White	38,698	51.6	−12.4
	Labor	John Barry	27,281	36.3	+11.3
	Independent	Frank Barnes	4,087	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Constance Duncan	2,900	3.9	+3.9
	Progressive	Helen Maxwell	1,680	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	George Morris	409	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			75,055	96.2
Informal votes			3,964	3.8
Turnout			78,019	98.4
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas White		56.6	−12.0
	Labor	John Barry		43.4	+12.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	−12.0

1940

1940 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas White	43,876	64.0	+5.9
	Labor	Charles Sandford	17,135	25.0	+3.2
	Independent	Harry Moffat	7,586	11.1	+11.1
Total formal votes			68,597	98.5
Informal votes			1,047	1.5
Turnout			69,644	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas White		68.6	+1.5
	Labor	Charles Sandford		31.4	−1.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1930s

1937

1937 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas White	36,602	58.1	−13.7
	Labor	Phillip Nash	13,746	21.8	−2.0
	Independent	John Atkinson	12,613	20.0	+20.0
Total formal votes			62,961	97.9
Informal votes			1,321	2.1
Turnout			64,282	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas White		67.1	−6.9
	Labor	Phillip Nash		32.9	+6.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	−6.9

1934

1934 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas White	41,017	72.9	−2.7
	Labor	Michael Nolan	15,248	27.1	+6.5
Total formal votes			56,265	96.9
Informal votes			1,788	3.1
Turnout			58,053	95.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	−3.6

1931

1931 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas White	41,703	75.5	+17.0
	Labor	Edward Stewart	11,409	20.6	−20.9
	Independent	James Denyer	2,147	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			55,259	97.9
Informal votes			1,187	2.1
Turnout			56,446	97.1
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Thomas White		76.5	+18.0
	Labor	Edward Stewart		23.5	−18.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	+18.0

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas White	31,751	58.5	−4.7
	Labor	Don Cameron	22,480	41.5	+41.5
Total formal votes			54,231	95.6
Informal votes			2,404	4.4
Turnout			56,635	97.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−4.7

1929 by-election

Balaclava by-election, 1929^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas White	28,655	64.1	−0.9
	Ind. Nationalist	Frederick Francis	16,048	35.9	+35.9
Total formal votes			44,703	98.3
Informal votes			769	1.7
Turnout			45,472	82.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.9

This section is an excerpt from 1929 Balaclava by-election § Results.[edit]

1928

1928 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Watt	31,977	63.2	−6.5
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward Price	18,651	36.8	+36.8
Total formal votes			50,628	94.7
Informal votes			2,850	5.3
Turnout			53,478	95.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−6.5

1925

1925 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Watt	35,458	69.7	−30.3
	Labor	John McKellar	15,379	30.3	+30.3
Total formal votes			50,837	98.7
Informal votes			654	1.3
Turnout			51,491	95.3
	Nationalist gain from Liberal		Swing	−30.3

1922

1922 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Watt	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Nationalist		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

1919

1919 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Watt	19,051	58.2	−8.4
	Labor	Percy Smith	9,311	28.4	−5.0
	Returned Services	Norman Worrall	4,388	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			32,750	95.7
Informal votes			1,457	4.3
Turnout			34,207	73.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	William Watt		64.9	−1.7
	Labor	Percy Smith		35.1	+1.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−1.7

1917

1917 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Watt	23,308	66.6	+8.2
	Labor	Alfred Foster	11,690	33.4	−8.2
Total formal votes			34,998	97.6
Informal votes			848	2.4
Turnout			35,846	84.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+8.2

1914

1914 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Watt	17,607	58.4	−6.6
	Labor	John Curtin	12,526	41.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			30,133	97.7
Informal votes			719	2.3
Turnout			30,852	78.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.6

1913

1913 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Agar Wynne	18,369	65.0	+0.4
	Labor	Louis Holmes	9,895	35.0	−0.4
Total formal votes			28,264	98.0
Informal votes			571	2.0
Turnout			28,835	72.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

1910

1910 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Agar Wynne	12,432	62.0	−18.4
	Labour	George Mead	7,615	38.0	+18.4
Total formal votes			20,047	98.2
Informal votes			358	1.8
Turnout			20,405	57.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	18.4

Elections in the 1900s

1906

1906 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	Agar Wynne	6,957	41.8	+41.8
	Ind. Anti-Socialist	Joseph Hewison	5,651	33.9	+33.9
	Labour	Alfred Hampson	3,263	19.6	+19.6
	Protectionist	Edward Elliott Roberts	786	4.7	−95.3
Total formal votes			16,657	97.5
Informal votes			431	2.5
Turnout			17,088	54.0
	Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist		Swing	+41.8

1903

1903 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Sir George Turner	unopposed
	Protectionist hold		Swing

1901

1901 Australian federal election: Balaclava

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Sir George Turner	unopposed
	Protectionist win		(new seat)